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FURNACE.

APPLICATION HLED IULY 5, 1912.

Patented Nov. 16. 1915.

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charging is conducted in such a manner that escape of gases or admission of cold air to the furnace is prevented. The operation of by the removalof the clinker from the furnace chamber' and the introduction of new material, and in the sense that the charges follow each other immediately in unbroken succession. As much pressure as may be de sirable may be maintained in the furnace chamber because the furnace chamber is always sealed and consequently there is substantially no outrush of gases and fall of pressurefin charging and clinkering.

The pre-heating or drying of the charges,

it may be noted in the construction illustrated herein, is accomplished by diverting part of the combustion gases, preferably from the hottest part of the furnace, by

' draft inducingmeans, such as 'a steam jet,

and causin this hol-,draft to How through the successive fresh charges while inthe separate pre-'heating chamber, the volatile l gases being:l delivered into the main body of gases iiowing from the furnace or combustion chamber. However, this may be varied.

For carrying out our invention we employ an" intermittently movable progressive compartment grate anda cooperative grate-setuting or incasing structure, which together their" draft-intercepting walls cooperate forma series of separate chambers'appropriated to separate operations of the combustion process and afford exact and denite control ofthe draft and pressure eH'ects with respect thereto. The grate comprises a series of compartment'sections or grate units which are separated from each other by draft-intercepting walls andA are movable in a. vertical circuit, at intervals and by proporti'onal distances, so asialways to" occupy a series'Y of lpredetermined positionswherein with the walls of the incasing structure in the manner set forth. As hereinafter`v described, automatic means are provided for opening and closing draft passages in the grate-to or between the compartments according to their positions, and means for sealing between the grate and the incasing structure make more effective the' separation of the chambers and the control of the draft.- Preferably this compound progressive grate is av rotary structure best formed of a drum supported to rotate about a horizontal axis and four or other suitableA n'umber of wat: compartments carried thereby.

Means, as a wall or casing are provided to coperate with the draft-intercepting walls of the grate cutting off the grate compartment or compartments before reachingthe furnace chamber from communication there- Awith'rand preferably such means cooperate successively with the grate units toform an inclosed chamber-pr chambers into which the material is charged and in which the successive charges are dried or pre-heated ty the passage therethroughof heated liuid. This means is desirably in thenature of a wallA with an arcuate face extending overa suitable arc of the compound grate, which wall may be of masonry faced with metal or it may be part of Aa suitable casing within which the grate turns. Similarly the section or sections at the far sideiof the furnace chamber areicut off from direct communica-l tion therewith, and as at the near side of the =said chamber, the means are preferably inl the nature of an arcuate wall or other structure covering said grate section and forming an inclosed chamber or chambers therewith. Hereinafter we describe a mode of-utilizing such chamber for the purpose of cooling the burned material or heating the forced draft by `causing the air or cooling fluid to pass therethrough. The casing or inclosing structure leaves one grate section uncovered,

preferably the top section, which occupies the furnace chamber and 'constitutes the burning grate. 1t also preferably `leaves the bottom section uncovered, so that the ma- -terial is removed therefrom by gravity, the

section being inverted, The charging and pre-heating or drying grates and the cooling or draft-heatimr grate are preferably 'at the up-going and diiwn-going sides, respectively, and the wall or casing structures coperatingtherewith to form the charging and dryigqkchamber and cooling chamber constitute guards for preventing the material from falling out.

From the foregoing it will be understood that in the particular embodiment of the ill-- vention herein exemplified each grate-section constitutes in turn a. charging and drying grate, a:y burning grate,a cooling grate and a dumpingjgrate; and that successive step by step movements of these stages. At any one time the compound grate hereinafter described exhibits all of these phases, and movement by one step lSimuiltaneously advances-f the grate then in charging or drying position with. its dried or iihe compound, grate carries the successive charges through ioov pre-heated charge into vthe furnace chamber,

the. burning grate with its burned charge or clink'er-from the furnace cha nber to the coolingyichamber or position the .cooling grate with' the cooled clinker-t )duif ping position, and the previously du nped grate to charging position. It shouli 'oe borne in mind, however, that the num ier of the grate Lisoyseo "meu'ts curi che speciiic fuucions periferici?. or one er more of 3 excmpie, the charmsiericl or conditions are such .my rlryiug is uci'. required, ihe lsicus need not be embodied..

our invention to refuse` sims ie Wii 'be appereu; that ami sixuiier 'or analogous 'se uiiiized for other purindiceieci, sealing ineens leakage of air and euri periphery of the :..e sections hereof; so previcied for conroiiing rile course of the (ira-ft in che .Y compound grate. Thus, the circus through the material in the :ze cocu fuor. or unir, and is nence ad.-

ou :also iuciucies norei -..eosifficg he mueric ino succescee progressive grare or cera rions or compurimeur units are ugh-simed, with opeu tops i the charging mechanism opeu esicrseij; of the ggue through che o srracidie the 1 when edruucc u :iron bewceu the cru?. the nex position. The said .re provided with or have sehe eurunce to the charg- 'means are pro- 1 euri members are rer ihr-.fr rile outer scgii er mem-ber is uur moved .suce uuiii the inner completed or subsuie r ouucir morciueni. io

members ier iurroducticn iure the ues?. gree section. The construction euri arrangement of the charging mechanism und the operai;- mg und controlling ineens therefor emi-race numerous features of uoveity, which Wil hereiuafer be described.

A closed chamber or pit cui; oii2 from ille furnace chamber is provided for dumping the Goeie-: clinkcr, and in this chamber erin another seuied chmuber communicating herewirii is located u. disintegrator to w iicu the ciinker isvau'omeicaiiy deiivere.

Novel 'means are provided for biowiug dust or fine material out. of the grate by means or" the forced air draft, und nume" ms other novel features Wiii become apparent as tee 'specification proceeds.

Hcvirig thus briey' described the generainature of ourinvention, We viii nou' prooecd to e derailed description of what we believe to be the most desirable practical embodiments of the features thereof, it. being understooci/ ther numerous oth r concrete embodiments may be designed Without departing from essentiels.

in the accompanying drawings iiiustreting; fue preferred c uscrucious and slangemeuis of the parts: Figure l shows a. Vertireusvcrse section through the destruclser, ou fue line l-l or" Fig. 2; 'iQZ@ is u horizontal section on he hue 2-52 ci Figi;

Fig. 3 is u side elevation with u part iu sec-- 1,1011, i. .5.1. i is a. .e1 1c.. sec.i.,u o.. .1e .me 1f-Lof Fig. 6, the piane or the seciou wassiug throug'i the axis of the rotary grues;

Fig. 5 is e section ou theiiue Yof Fife:V

6; Fig. 6 is e. section ou the line @-6.01l

fig. 4; eig. 1' is u secion on fue liuc .7--7 of i3; fig. 8 is u section ou rile iiue 8 8 or 6; 9 is seccion ou the iuc f Figs. 4, part being broken sway; Fig. l@ is e side elevation of the portion of fue raie-supporting drum at the driving end ruereo; Fig. li is e. face vieu* of 10; Fig. is a decimi perspecivc View of the feigi'eci `rieteut lever' shown in Fig. 13;.

Figi. 13 is c fragmentaryeievuticu of the eues of the furnace, siiowlug the mechanism for operermg und continuing-tile rite; Fig. M is c iougiudmai sectional View turcugh the cyiin'ciers and piungers for operuiiug ihe charging mechanism; Fig.A l5 is e. ,frag-` mentary interior' face View of the casing' iu which 'ehe grate turns, showing in from eiemiou die transverse sealing strip' shown in sec ou in Fig. 6; Fig. 16 is u detaii pcrsjgecrire View of the charging members; Fig. i7 is u. vert-ical secjiou through the charging receptacle on the line 17 17 of Fig. '7; Fig. 1S is u vertical section ou vthe iiue *iS of Fig. 8; Figs. 19 and 2O ere dcaii views showing Jhe joint-between two sections of eu expansion or` sceiiug 2 is n, fusi sicie eieveicn showing the chereL ,mg arrangements as a wice euri iu their to tions,'but at different times,

es thatoccupyingthe position is the relation to the grate; Fig. 22 is a view similar to Fig. 2l, showing the part's in changed positions; Fig. 23 isa detailsectional ele vation showing the controlling valve; Fig.

5 24 is a detail side elevation showing an automatic tripping mechanism utilized in conf nection with the charging mechanism; Fig. -25 is a sectional plan on the line 25-25 of Fig. 24, Fig. 26 is a similar view showing the parts in changed positions; Fig. 27 is a detail perspective view of the tripping lever; Fig: 28 is an inner face View of one of the side casings, showing means alternative to that of Figs. 4 and 5 for yieldingly press- 15 ing the sealing or expansion members; Fig.

29 is a vertical section on' 'the line 29-29 of Fig. 28,; Fig. 30 is a section on the line .E30- 450 of Fig. 28; Fig. 31 is a section on the line 31431 of Fig. 80; Fig. 32 is an inner faceview of the other side casing; Fig. 33

is a vertical section on the line 33-38 of Fig. 32; Fig. 34 is a section on the line 34- 34 of Fig. 32; Fig. 35 is a section on the line 35-35 of Fig. 34; and Fig. 36 is a View similar to Fig. 1, showing an arrangement of 'series of grates in a common furnace chamber.

rlhe numeral 1 indicates' the furnace chambep, which, in refusedestructors, is a brickwork chamber or species of Dutch oven, 2

is a secondary combustion chamber in which 'the gases are thoroughlymixed and combustion is completed, 3 is a deflecting arch, projecting downward from the roof of the furw nace between the furnace and combustion chambers for promoting` the mixture of the `air and gases, v4 is a boiler setting with a water tube boiler therein, 5 is aV bridge wall in the boiler setting, 6 is a pre-heater 40 through the tubes of which the products of combustion are passed on their way to the stack, and Tis a fiueleadingto the stack and controlled by-a valve 8. A blower 9 supplies the forced draft and may be used also as a ventilator fan, drawing the foul air lfrom thebuilding.- The air is forced between the tubes inthe pre-heater 6 Vand through the flue 10, which is controlled near its discharge end by thev valve 11. The secondary combustion chamber and the boiler setting are provided with lash pits 12 and 13. The

foregoing or similar arrangements are cus` ternary in destructors.

Thefprogressive grate 14 constituting an 515 important feature of the invention is shown asa rotary's :ucture comprising four compartments, sections orv units, lettered a, b, c and These sections or grate units are all ,similar and all performthe same func- 7 y and are separated fromeach other by draft-intercepting walls, as'hereinafterfmore particularly ide scribed.' The section occupying'the position aus always' the charging Vand. grate, urning grate, that of position c the cooling grate,

'and that of position d the dumping grate.

The grate is caused to progress in this instance by rotary motion Iin the direction indicated by the arrow. The grate is rotated in a step being sulicient to remove one grate section from the furnace chamber and to carry the succeeding grate section into burning position therein, and the periods of rest between advancing movements are sufcient to enable each new charge to be burned to a clinker, or they may be as long as desired'- The grate compartments are charged in succession,

and each compartment constitutes in turn a drying or pre-heating grate,- a burning grate, a cooling grate and a dumping grate.

The grate rotates within asuitable casing structure in the interior of the furnace. As shown, there are side casings 15 and 16 by step manner, each movement j.

set into the front and back walls of the furnace adiacent or contiguous the sides of the grate, and what may be termed peripheral casings 17 and 18, constituting facings for walls 19 and 2O yat the near and fa'rf side of the furnace chamber withA respect to the direction of travel of the grate units. rI he side and peripheral casings may be bolted together and may be secured in place in4 any suitable manner. The inner surfaces of the walls 19 and 20 with their casings 17 and 18 conform to the grate over suitable arcs, that is to say, they are curved in arcs about the aXisof the grate as a; center and are adjacent or contiguous the beyond the far side, of the said chamber,

namely, the "segmentv c, but this may be otherwise.

The closing of the grate compartments at I y thenear side of the furnace chamber affords a confined4 charging chamber, and also a confined chamber for preliminary treatment of the material by the passage of suitable gaseouslfiuid therethrough. Preferably one chamber serves both purposes. Thus, the' chamber vformed by the casing or walls cooperating with the section a is both a chargan entrance 22 opening through the-side casing 15 and the front of the furnace, (se

Figs. 2, 7, 8 and 9) through which it -.is

ing chamber and apre-heating or drying chamber. It is provided at'one end withl 4 

